SurgMap

SurgMap is developing an innovative suite of devices with a novel annotation software for 3D scans of a tumor specimen/bed as well as a physical tumor/bed marker, both of which enhance intraoperative communication between surgeons and pathologists during curative intent surgical resections of oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas. Currently, intraoperative positive margin localization relies on imprecise verbal descriptions and rudimentary markers, leading to high rates of inadequate resections, and therefore increased cancer recurrence in the long term. Often, surgeons try to ensure adequate cancer resection by overestimating the extent of surgical resection to be safe. However, in the head and neck anatomical region, these overestimations may impact critical structures and significantly impair speech or swallowing after the surgery.